# Latest research projects

**Source**: https://indigenous-engagement.uq.edu.au/research/latest-research-projects
**Parent**: https://indigenous-engagement.uq.edu.au/engage

Researchers based within the Indigenous Engagement Division have a track record of earning significant grants to work with national and international collaborators on cutting-edge programs of research. You can explore their latest projects below or link to their [wider research](https://live-indigenous-engagement-uq.pantheonsite.io/people/academic-teaching) page links.

## Professor Bronwyn Fredericks

**Project Name:** [Giving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children the best start in life: improving healthy food affordability and food security in remote Australia](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-6470) 2020-2023\
**Funding amount:** AUD 2,102,692\
**Funding source:** NHMRC

**Project Name:**[Indigenous engagement and leadership in the evaluation of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs: Taking steps to improve government and non-government commissioning practices](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8120-6470) 2019-2023\
**Funding amount:**AUD 672,173\
**Funding source:**NHMRC

**Project Name:**[ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures](https://www.arc.gov.au/funding-research/discovery-linkage/linkage-program/arc-centres-excellence/arc-centre-excellence-indigenous-futures)\
**Funding amount: AUD**35,000,000\
**Funding source:**ARC

**Project Name:**[Benchmarking for healthy stores in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities](https://www.grants.gov.au/Ga/Show/3999d5cb-aa7d-44a7-bb10-b11a2ed6a685) 2021\
**Funding amount:** AUD 1,498,437\
**Funding source:**2020 Maternal First 2000 Days and Childhood Health.

**Project Name:**[Navigating the Carceral Interface](https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/IN220100009) 2021\
**Funding amount:** AUD 1,287,000 ARC\
**Funding source:**Indigenous Discovery.

**Project Name:**[Imagination as a way to address student inequity](https://www.grants.gov.au/Ga/Show/2575693a-b327-41b0-8621-74cb9cba721c) 2021\
**Funding amount:** AUD 782,286\
**Funding source:**ARC Linkage Grant.

**Project Name:**[Sparking Imagination Education: Transforming inequality in schools](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/60607)\
**Funding amount:**AUD 472,593\
**Funding source: ARC**

**Project Name:**[Building the evidence to improve completion rates for Indigenous students](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/43046) 2020-2021\
**Funding source:**National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (Curtin University).

## Professor Tracey Bunda

**Project Name:**[Torres Strait Marine Safety Program Evaluation](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/49768) 2021-2022

**Funding source:**Qld Transport.

**Project Name:**[Building Australia-China research capabilities for intercultural knowledge collaboration (DFAT grant led by USC)](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/38666) 2019-2021\
**Funding source:**USC.

**Project Name:**[Indigenous Pedagogical Practice: Hymba Yumba Independent School](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/55747) 2022\
**Funding source:**UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund

**Project Name:**[Indigenous Women navigating the Change of Life](https://researchers.uq.edu.au/research-project/55749) 2022\
**Funding source:**UQ Indigenous Research Engagement and Partnerships Fund

**Project Name: Improving student engagement to enrich students' experiences studying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies**2022-2023\
**Funding source:**UQ Teaching Innovation Grant with Dr Katelyn Barney, Associate Professor Stephanie Gilbert and Dr r e a Saunders.

## Professor Anita Heiss

**Project Name:** The Long Walk - An historical novel focussing on thestory of the extraordinary lives of Wiradjuri men Jimmy 'King Billy' Clements and John ‘Marvellous’ Noble walking from Brungle to Parliament House in Canberra in 1927, appearing uninvited at the opening of Parliament House in Canberra by the Duke and Duchess of York on 9 May 1927.\
**Funding source:** Simon & Schuster

**Project Name:**  Dirrayawadha: to rise up (historical novel)\
**Funding source:** Simon & Schuster

**Project Name:** Bidhi Galing: big rain (children’s picture book)\
**Funding source:** Simon & Schuster

**Project Name:** Rodeo Dreaming (commercial women’s fiction)\
**Funding source:** Audible Australia

**Project Name:** 'Binung Ma Na Du - cultural stories and living histories on Wakka Wakka Country.'\
**Funding source:** AIATSIS

## Associate Professor Katelyn Barney

**Project Name:**[Building a stronger evidence base to support effective outreach strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students](https://www.ncsehe.edu.au/publications/outreach-strategies-aboriginal-torres-strait-islander-students-university/) 2020-2021\
**Funding source:**Equity Fellowship, National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (Curtin University).

**Project Name:** Indigenising the musicology curriculum: Developing resources for teaching and learning in higher education.\
**Funding source:** Musicology Australia.\
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**Project Name:** Enabling programs and Indigenous student university completion: Building the evidence.\
**Funding source:** National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (Curtin University).

**Project Name:** Improving student engagement to enrich students' experiences studying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies 2023-2024.\
**Funding source:** UQ Teaching Innovation Grant with Professor Tracey Bunda, Associate Professor Stephanie Gilbert and Dr r e a Saunders.\
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**Project Name:** Building capabilities for success: Targeting preparedness for ongoing learning.\
**Funding source:** Commonwealth Department of Education Regional Partnerships seed project led by James Cook University